want a Segway but can't afford it? . . .

[OneBlueSky]

take a look at the Rad2Go Q electric scooter clone . . . by replacing all the computerized gyroscopic stuff with two extra wheels, these guys are offering a similar machine for $1,000 to $1,500 . . . looks pretty cool . . .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3388663.stm

Scooter clone takes on the Segway

By Alfred Hermida
BBC News Online technology editor in Las Vegas

You could soon see a lot more people zipping around on stand-up Segway-type electric scooters.

A US company has come up with an imitation of the invention that was supposed to revolutionise transport.

The Rad2Go Q electric scooter looks like a Segway, but has four wheels and costs a quarter of the price.

"The Segway is a marvellous invention," said Rad2Go President John Wang, "but for me it is too much technology for moving from point A to point B."

- more . . .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3388663.stm

[Superfly]

1. Whatever happened to **walking**?

?

[dolo amber]

6. Pfffft

*Walking* :eyes:

That's SO 2003...


;)

[ProudGerman]

2. Sigh

Its not a Segway type anything unless it has the capability of keeping itself upright in spite of what you try to do with it.

Wrapping Porsche sheetmetal around a Tercel does not make it a Porsche.

[Kellanved]

3. or DIY

--snip
Self-balancing scooters, like the Segway™ are often thought to be technological miracles, but it is not actually very hard to build one. I built the one described here in about a week using off-the-shelf parts. I spent another week tweaking the high-speed stability, improving the steering control, and writing about it.
Although the Segway has several exotic components, mine is built from common low-tech parts like wheelchair motors and RC car batteries. The parts, even at small quantity retail prices, cost less than half of a genuine Segway. It also doesn't need complex or high-performance software. The first version was written in Python and used serial ports to talk to the gyroscope and motor controller. The current software, now in C running in an onboard 8-bit microcontroller, is only 500 lines of code.

--snap

http://tlb.org/scooter.html

http://store.yahoo.com/lib/tlbpublic/scooterpark.mpg

Respect; I guess he can check all Bonus boxes in the geek test.

[Cannikin]

4. Ever been to Bush Falls?

[Foehammer]

5. WTG I'll take one of yours instead (nt)